Convertible stock-car



a. L. SEANOR. f f CONVERTIBLE STOCK CAYR'."

1,380,845 APPLICATION FILED JULY 31. I916- IPatentedJune 7,

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

GEORGE L. SEANOR, 0F SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIG-NOR- OEONE-I-IALFTO ALFRED S.

ABBOTT, OF SPRINGFIELD, MESSUURI.

CONVERTIBLE STOCK-CAB.

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Specification of Letters Patent. patnted Ju 7 jggi Application filed July 31,1916. Serial No. 112,270.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon L. SnANon, a citizen of the United States of America,

residing in the city of Sapulpa, county of Greek, and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Stock-Cars, of which the tollowing' is a specification. V

T he primary object of this invention is to provide a railway stock car of such a construction whereby said stock car can be con verted into either a closed or open car.

. Another object is to providea car Withan improved .wall construction in which the boarding of the car, which comprises the siding can be readily spaced so asto provide ventilation and light in the car for the purpose of conveying stock, or closed so as toprovide for the shipping of articles that are'to be kept in a dry condition.

t further object is to provide the walling tying the invention, and in which,

Figure 1' is a side elevation of a railway box car, central portions thereof being broken away showing this improved construction applied thereto, the "slidin ly mounted members on one vside ofthe door being shown spaced apartnvhereas the other members are shown in their. closed position in which they abut each other. I r

. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, longitudinal section, showing a portion of the interior of the car. 7 I

Fig. 3 is tin enlarged vertical section taken on the line IHIII of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 41 is anenlarged line IV1V of Fig. 1. 7

Fig. 5 is an enlarged "fragmentary, horizontal section taken on the line ,V-,V of Fig. 1.

F i Yl 1 of section. taken on the.

(3 s a section taken onthe line Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bottom sills of the car which support the flooring 2 and side walls 3, said walls having the roof 41- mounted thereon. Mounted on said sills 1 are end posts and side posts -6 and mounted between the two intermediate side posts 6 is a slide door 7. I 1

This invention relates more particularly to the car walls, in which-there are a series of slidably mounted members 8, said mem-' bers being mounted between the posts 6 and the vertically arranged guidingbars 9, said bars being mounted inside of thecar. The

ends ofthe members 8 are mounted in vertically formed end pockets 10. ln-the construction shown in the drawings, a longitudinally arranged pocket 11 is mountedabove the uppermost member 8. Pivotally connecting the 'slidably mounted members 8 by pivotal connections 12 are a plurality of operating linlrjbars 13. the, lower end ,of each of said bars being pivotedat-l to a stationary mounted boardlol The upper most slidably mounted-member has a re ducedportion 16 tormedfthereomsaid re due-ed portion being adapted to reciprocate in the pocket 11. Connectingsaid. uppermost member 8 at'17 is oneend of a connectingrod 18, said connecting rod being pivotall-y secured at 19 to a se mental gear 3 20, the teeth of said gear being in mesh with aavorm gear 21 which is secured to thever J. L. turnabl I mounted in the bearin s r V '3 Mounted in the guidcways formed by the posts 6 and guiding bars 9, above the hori zontally arrangedpockct 11, area series of slidably mounted members 2-1, said members;

having their ends mountedin the end pockets l0. Securely mounted in the upper portlon of the pockets 1 1, byl'ag screws 25 is a stat onary member 26, and pivoted :at one of their ends to said member 26, as shown really arrangedshatt 22, said shaft being at 27, area plurality'otoperating bars28f each-of said bars being; 29 to theshdably mounted members 24. r

. Pivoted to the .uppermost member 2% is one end of a connectingprod 30, said rod hav-' ing itsopposite end connected to a segmental gear-.31, the teeth 01" which are in mesh with a worm gear 32,sa1d gear beingsecuredtoi the verticalshatt. 22. The uppermostinem' ber 24; 1s adapted to vreciprocate. behind -a pivoted as shown at solid upper structure 33 which is built downwardly a distance from the root 4c of the car.

The construction just given, relative to the members 8 and 24, and their operating segments 20 and 31 respectively, is identical with the slidably mounted members 34: and

35 .which comprise the convertible wall 01' the car on the opposite side of the door 7 in which there are operating rods 36, pivotally connected to the members 34, and connected to the uppermost member 34; is a connecting rod 87 which is also connected to a sl-igmental gear 88, said gear being in mesh with the worm gear 39, which is mounted on the vertical sha'ft l-O. v

The uppermost member 34 is adapted to reciprocate in the horizontally arranged pocket 41, the ends of said members being adapted to reciprocate in the vertically formed end pockets 462. V The 'members 35 areioperatively connected together by the operating rods 43, and connected to the uppermost member 35 is one end of a connecting rod 44, said rod being connected at its opposite end to the segmental gear 4:53 which is in mesh with the worm gear 46, said gear 4L6 being mounted on the vertical shaft 10.

The slidably mounted members 8, 24-, 3 1 and 35 preferably have tongues 4:? formed on their upper edges, whereas there are grooves 48 formed on their lower edges.

In the operation of this improved convertible car, when it becomes necessary to move the slidingly mounted members relative to making the car open or closed, when the op erating handles 4:9, one of which is mounted on the lower end of each of the vertically arranged shafts 22 and 40, are manipulated, motionwill be transmitted by the worm gears carried by said shafts to the segmental gears and the connecting rods which are connected to said segmental gears, will manipulate .the operating link rods which are connected to the slidingly mounted members thereof, rocking them on their, fulcrum bolts 14: and spacing said members or drawing them together so that they will abut each other, thereby either converting the car into a stock car for the shipping of cattle or converting the car into a closed one for the shipping of articles that might be damaged by the elements.

If desired, the end walls of the car can be provided with a series of slidably mounted members as just described relative to the side walls of the car. The method of operating the. slidably mounted members by means of the segmental gear and worm and operatlng lOdS'lU connection therewith as shown can be changed to any other desired form of mechanism that will properly cause the slidably mounted members to travel in the1 r giudeways relative to open or closed pQsltlons,

The vertically arranged pockets such as 10 and the horizontally arranged pocket such as 11 merely serve as a nestlng place for the displacement of portions of the slid-. ably mounted members that reciprocate therein.

What I claim is:

1. In a vehicle construction, a side wall comprising a series of slidably mounted members, said members adapted to abut each other, means for spacing said members apart and a pocket for receiving the dis plarement of one of said members, said pocket and said member to be displaced therein providing means whereby when said members abut one another a continuous wall termed.

2. A convertible boX car comprising closure walls having a series of horizontally mounted members arranged in gangs, each gang forming a wall section, operating rods pivotally connecting the members of each gang, and "scans toroperating said rods for sliding said members'in the same plane toward each other or apart while maintaining their horizontal positions, said members of each gang when abutting each other providing a closed wall section.

8. In vehicle construction, a side wall comprising a series of horizontally arranged members arranged one above another and adapted to abut ea-h other, means for providing a lateral and a vertical movement to said members comprising angularly arranged rods pivoted to said members, vertically termed end pockets for the reception of the ends of said members, and a horizontally arranged pocket for the reception of the uppermost one of said members.

4. A convertible box car comprising a series of horizontally disposed members arranged one above another, a vertical axially rotatable shalt operatively connected to said members for moving and separating them in the same vertical plane only when they are impelled by said shaft and maintaining them in spaced relation to form a ventilated stock car, and for drawing them together in the samemanner for causing said members to abut along their longitudinal edges to form a closed box car adapted to carry grain or other produce.

5. A convertible box car, comprising a series of horizontally disposed members arranged one above another, link bars pivotally connecting said members, operative means connected with said members for causing a lateral rocking movement of said link bars in the same plane to cause a rocking movement about fixed fulcrum points to separate them and to maintain them in spaced relation to thereby torm'a ventilated stock car, and to move them into abutting'relation to form a closed box car.

GEORGE L. SEANOR. 

